So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
We're all lost at the edge of something
We keep pretending, but we're feeling nothing
And where we're going makes a perfect waste of you, I knew
Dreams of you
Did you ever see me, feel me?
Would you leave me here forever? Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
We keep watch, but we're seeing nothing
So blind to believe it's something
And where we're going makes a perfect waste of me, you see
Dream of me
Did I ever see you, feel you?
How could I leave you here forever? Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Dreams of you
Did you ever see me, feel me?
Would you leave me here forever? Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
We keep pretending, but we're feeling nothing
And where we're going makes a perfect waste of you, I knew
Dreams of you
Did you ever see me, feel me?
Would you leave me here forever? Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
We keep watch, but we're seeing nothing
So blind to believe it's something
And where we're going makes a perfect waste of me, you see
Dream of me
Did I ever see you, feel you?
How could I leave you here forever? Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Dreams of you
Did you ever see me, feel me?
Would you leave me here forever? Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Forever, oh-oh-oh
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Dreams of You Lyrics as written by Michael Hanmer Brett Carruthers
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
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I think this is about a relationship where both parties have lost each other & one feels very jettisoned about the ending, and feels like they are left to waste now in its wake.